I bring up Birmingham because the Move were a sort of Brum supergroup; all the members had migrated over from other succesful outfits in the city (hence the band name -- get it?). I should add that Ace Kefford, the peroxide blonde bass player on the left, was better known to fans as "The Singing Skull." Heh.
But now to business. To wit:
...and your favorite band or performer from a post-Elvis local or regional music scene is...???????
Discuss.
And have a great weekend, everybody!
I'm not sure I understand the question. Isn't almost every band from a local or regional music scene at some point? Or is the key here to identify the scene?
ReplyDeleteThe scene. I.e., REM = Athens.
ReplyDeleteTodd Rundgren (Philly) since we grew up in the same neighborhood and went to the same HS. He was three years ahead of me. I had the Woody's Truck Stop album and of course Nazz.
ReplyDeleteTeddy and the Pandas..(Boston based) had a regional hit with We Can't Go On This Way in 1966
ReplyDeleteJB , Cry"CT. kid and bought the first Nazz album - semi regional.
ReplyDeleteI had friends who worked for Todd back in the day but those are another story - for CT....
The Wildweeds with Al Anderson and the band at Cheri's Shack in Branford.
" No Good To Cry"...listen
Rob
PS - Blind Bassist
The Heat - High School Sweater
ReplyDeleteGreat 1978 NYC punk pop band. Wish I could find the audio.
You mean like the Dead, Moby Grape, the Airplane?
ReplyDeleteBG - were those regional bands that you caught in their seminal beginnings ?
DeleteDon McGlashan (Mutton Birds and The Front Lawn) from Auckland, New Zealand.
ReplyDeleteGreat songs and records which are very rooted in where and when they came from and couldn't have come from anywhere else.
As Paul said, everyone comes from somewhere, but most performers could be from anywhere.
The Box Tops, Big Star (Memphis)
ReplyDeleteThe Romantics = Detroit
ReplyDeleteThere was a "scene" in Detroit around that time and they were the band that broke big nationally.
from Boston - Barry & the Remains
ReplyDeletefrom New Orleans - the Wild Tchoupitoulas
from Atlanta - Bruce Hampton
Oh yeah, from Liverpool - the BEATLES
My favorite Liverpool band is still the Searchers.
ReplyDeleteSteve, I'll give you the Searchers, a great cover band (needles and pins/Sonny B) but... DC5, cmon.
ReplyDeleteCovers yes but oh those covers.
rob
Hey look- Roy Wood, clean-shaven! I'd never heard of the Move before reading your take on the 'Split Ends' compilation in Stereo Review. They instantly became a fave and I actually wore that record out.
ReplyDeleteAs for scenes, it's hard to get more scene-y than the New York Dolls.
Originally from Champaign IL, the Elvis Brothers. Their debut album from 1983, Movin’ Up is a complete classic. (YouTube has a fun video Fire in the City). The entire album is a power pop masterpiece.
ReplyDeleteThe Champaign live music scene in the 80s was fantastic. Moved there in 82 from the Little Apple- google that- and anjoyed great local bands and intimate small venues. Note-I heard Dan Fogelberg hailed from Champaign. If so, before my time. As was REO Speedwagon.
Other great local bands of the era: the Vertibrats, Combo Audio, Nix 86, Last Gentleman.
I will a personal fav from eastern IL, The Basics.
But definitely check out the Elvis Brothers.
Note to the post above: Brad Elvis is now drumming for the Romantics.
Enjoy…
Guadalcanal Diary - Also Athens, and also great, but eclipsed by the REM/B-52s juggernaut.
ReplyDeleteSmithereens - Carteret, New Jersey. The 'Reens made up for the entirety of Bon Jovi's musical schlock-put with the R&R greatness of their first three albums.
Steve, late in the weekend and you have other fun things to do but - some good contributions-
DeleteAny quick thoughts on bands.
Kind of like a Stereo Review thumbnail write
Rob
That's an interesting idea, Rob. We called them Quick Fixes at SR. I'll take it under advisement.
ReplyDeleteRamones
ReplyDeleteEvery LI, NYC and NJ group that bought a B3 after hearing/seeing the Rascals: The Vagrants, The Illusion, The Hassles, Vanilla Fudge et al.
ReplyDeletePhil.cheesebrough@gmail.com
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